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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Regulation of Neuroinflammation by Microglial DUBA-IRAK1-IKKβ Signaling Loop.

Zhenhu Zhu, Zhongding Li, Kate Lykke Lambertsen, Zijun Cao, Meng Chen, Yanqi Xu, Bettina Hjelm Clausen, Keshuo Jin, Yiting Lu, Fuqi Mei and 13 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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23 authors.

Zhenhu ZhuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Zhongding LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Kate Lykke LambertsenDepartment of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5230, Denmark.
Zijun CaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Meng ChenDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, China.
Yanqi XuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Bettina Hjelm ClausenDepartment of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5230, Denmark.
Keshuo JinSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Yiting LuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Fuqi MeiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Xue DuOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Kangmin ChenOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Huiyuan BaiOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Xian SuOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Bincheng ZhouSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Baohua LiuDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, China.
Ran LiOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Chaoqun WangOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Yuhua LiCollege of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
Xiang CaiOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Dirk SchlüterInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Weihong SongOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, 325000, China.
Xu WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8428-9339

Funding

Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province 2023ZY1018Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province 2024SSYS0054National Natural Science Foundation of China 82293642Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LZ24H090003Oujiang Laboratory OJQDJQ202202Oujiang Laboratory OJQDSP2022014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of microglia is closely associated with neuroinflammation. However, the cell-intrinsic molecular mechanisms translating microglia activation into neuroinflammation are only partially understood. Here, it is shown that deubiquitinating enzyme A (DUBA) is upregulated in microglia under neuroinflammatory conditions in both mice and humans. Mechanistically, activation of microglia induces DUBA self-deubiquitination and stabilization, leading to the rapid upregulation of DUBA protein levels. In turn, stabilized DUBA increases proinflammatory gene induction in activated microglia by enhancing the activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling. Of note, DUBA promotes NF-κB and MAPK activation by stabilizing interleukin-1 receptor activated kinase 1 (IRAK1) through K48 deubiquitination. Importantly, specific ablation of DUBA in microglia mitigates lipopolysaccharide-induced depression-like behavior and ischemic stroke injury in mice by limiting neuroinflammation. Collectively, these findings establish DUBA as a key regulator of microglia in neuroinflammation and uncover novel molecular mechanisms for DUBA in inflammatory signal transduction.

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Deubiquitinating EnzymesI-kappa B KinaseInflammationInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNF-kappa BSignal TransductionDeubiquitinating EnzymesI-kappa B KinaseInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesIrak1 protein, mouseNF-kappa BDUBAmicroglianeuroinflammationsignal transductionubiquitination

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PMID40755418
PMCPMC12561430

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